A submission to Labor's internal review of the 2019 election says it had "amazing" policies for women but failed to sell them to voters.Credit:AAP
"White,Anglo men are not the only sources of knowledge in the party of campaign expertise,"it said in a submission to the Labor Party's 2019 federal election review.
While praising the female-focused policies developed by the parliamentary wing of the party - including $660 million for domestic violence,a pay increase for early childhood educators and a plan to boost access to abortion and contraception - the group said the campaign failed to sell the policies to voters during the election campaign.
"We had a really amazing suite of gender-based policies,but no capacity to sell it,"EMILY's List national co-convenor Tanja Kovac said.
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The submission blamed the party's communication problems on"the lack of diversity,especially women,in leadership positions in the national office of the ALP and in senior positions responsible for analysing and integrating polling and other data into a comprehensive campaign plan".
"The long-term male-to-male,factional patronage into senior organising positions,with little transparency or openness in appointments ... had led to a homogenous'groupthink,'which is failing Labor."